Actors Laurence Fishburne and Michelle Yeoh have been roped in for Netflix's The School For Good And Evil.

Directed by Paul Feig, the movie also features Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso.

The film is based on American author Soman Chainani's 2013 book of the same name. The story follows best friends Sophie and Agatha, who attend a school where kids are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains.

The School For Good and Evil is the first in a series of six books penned by Chainani. The final book in the series, titled The School of Good and Evil: One True King, came out last June.

With David Magee and Feig adapting the book for the screen, Roth Kirschenbaum's Joe Roth and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum, Feig, Laura Fischer, and Jane Startz are on board as producers.